Women's issue question. Men probably don't really want to read this.

Ok so I've lost 97 pounds and I feel great. One weird thing has happened to me though and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem or if it's only a coincidence.

I've had some issues of needing to urinate but not being able to sit normally to void. I know... weird! I have to lean back for it to flow normally and then work some more to get all of it out. I went to see my GP and she examined me, she could find nothing. She set me up with a specialist. In the back of my mind I'm thinking ok, hopefully whatever it is, it's really no big deal. I can live with it!

I've wondered since this problem began, since I have this extra skin on the outside; what my insides are like since losing the weight and if this could be a "symptom" of my weight loss.

So I go for my appointment today and he tells me, things have fallen down moderately. Things like my bladder, my rectum AND my uterus. I asked, could it be the weight loss that caused this? He told me normally woman who are overweight have the problem more often and he felt it would have happened eventually, no matter what my weight was. He says it's from having babies vaginally, straining, and lifting over the years, etc. but the quick loss could possibly have made it fall a bit sooner. He told me a year from now whether I lost the weight or not, I'd have been in to see him! Ahhhhh! Crapola!

He says I have several options.

One-do nothing but eventually I will have no choice because these parts can actually fall out of a woman's vagina. WHAT???? I can't let that happen! WHY IN HELL has NO ONE mentioned this medical **** to me before or have they and I just put my fingers in my ears while humming a happy song?

Two-a non-surgical approach is to use some kind of ring inside the vagina that holds things in and up, which must be taken out during intercourse. I am not liking the need to maintain something so my insides don't fall out of my vagina!

Three-he can "tie" things up using sutures that will be kind of permanent but is 10 years really permanent? Hmmm, not sure about this.

Four-use some kind of man made surgical device shaped like a sideways < that will hold things up. Hmmmm....not sure about this either!

I don't like any of these options. I want to go to sleep and wake up with things back where they are supposed to be! How can I feel so much better physically than I have in 20 years and things are falling down inside my body without my knowing it!? Advice from anyone? Has anyone else had any of these procedures done? I have never heard anything good about bladder surgery, just that it is painful and all the bladder sling law suits they show on commercials cause me worry! Can anyone with good info elaborate on this subject?

This is not uncommon for someone that's had a hysterectomy.  I had an employee that had this very issue.  She had hers tied up.  I think she's doing fine....it's not something I ask about ;)

Knowledge is power. Maybe you should ask so you have an idea what could happen one day. Don't put your fingers in your ears and hum a happy song like I must have done! :) If my experience can help someone to prevent it from happening to them then it's worth letting you all know it's a possibility.

I have actually heard of this, to some extent. Never about the bladder and RECTUM!? I also didn't know it was typically overweight women.

My mom, who has always been fit & thin recently told me that she had to have a procedure done to keep her uterus from falling out. I was like WTF?!  And she said, yeah, I was walking around at work and I felt like I was gonna have a baby or some **** like that, and she had to pu**** back up there, then went to the doctor, who told her what's up, who then scheduled her to get it secured.  She is 59, but very fit & healthy, so I still looked at her and said WTF?! after she explained it to me followed by "I sure hope that crazy **** doesn't happen to me."

Good luck with all your lower abdominal stuff not falling out of your vagina!  It'd be hard for me to decide which procedure to go with. My mom, BTW didn't go into specifics about what procedure she has. I was pretty shocked by the whole ordeal and everything kind of went into a haze after "I had to push my uterus back up inside me" was said.

Friggin gravity!

Holy crap.  Never heard of this- but I can relate.  Now I will be walking around obsessing over what could fall out in the middle of class.  That would require some serious explaining. 

Sorry to read about your issues, and I have no idea what the best of those unpleasant choices are.  Maybe a second opinion?

I do have to say, I got a good laugh from your replies. Especially Losing Sarah! I've been saying WTF all day! I haven't had anything actually fall out yet but my Mom just told me someone she knew had her bladder fall out and had to pu**** back up so I guess it isn't unheard of.

I've been reading since I posted. It's called pelvic organ prolapse. I'm 52 years old and according to what I'm reading losing weight is one thing they tell you to do to prevent it from happening so I guess he was right and I was on the path to this to begin with (probably from being overweight). Another good reason to have the sleeve done! Maybe this weight loss surgery actually helped stall the inevitable.

Everything I'm reading says it's weakened ligaments in the pelvic floor. I guess you can all learn from my experience. Prevention is key. Do your kegals ladies. BTW, I haven't had a hysterecomy but I'm thinking about going ahead with having my uterus removed while they are in there. Don't really need it anymore anyway! :)

Oh my goodness you guys have me laughing!  Yes it's true, it can happen...it happened to me!  I had a prolapsed uteruse about 5 years after giving birth.  Heck I pushed out a 9lb 5oz baby...I'm surprised more stuff didn't come out.  The two options given to me were tack it up (10-15 years cure) or rip it out!  I went with rip it out...I so wasn't using it anyway.  It's quite common but I guess not something that comes up with dinner conversation.  I personally didn't want it happening again in 10-15 years.  btw...while it didn't come out you could feel it there...it was migrating south and was soon to make an appearance.

Do your research and I would get a second opinion.  I personally hate going with the first opinion lol

And hysterectomy???  Best thing I ever did (I know that's not the popular answer).

PS...YOU KNOW every guy on this board is reading this with a title like that lol.  Should have said something about feelings to ward them off and make them glaze over.

Ha! Once they started reading, I'm sure they beat out of this post! Thanks for your help. I think a 2nd opinion is definitely in store!

I had a prolapsed uterus after my first child was born over 20 years ago. I used this rubber thing that was kind of like an 'O' ring to keep things 'up'. Pretty soon I started having pain because **** was wanting to fall out - I had my uterus 'tacked up' and haven't had any issues - I now have a 7 yr old daughter and had to wear a maternity girdle while pregnant with her. Only bad thing for me was those tendons do stretch ... hence, the girdle when I was pregnant with my daughter 8 yrs ago. You'll definitely have to get your bladder tacked up (God, could you imagine that falling out?) and then your uterus would follow. IDK if they use the same tendons or what, but it's an outpatient procedure - or at least it used to be outpatient. I have a friend whose had the mesh deal done on her bladder, but that's not working out so well.

It's your body and I guess you really need to weigh all your options. The 'O' ring wasn't bad at all as a temp fix. I didn't even know it was in there most of the time, which sounds really odd as I'm typing this, but there you go - it wasn't uncomfortable. Ten years for all that stuff to stay up is probably conservative on your doctors part - it could hold longer